CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4
The Standard
Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Speaking and Listening Standards
What This Standard Means
Students need to give a clear spoken presentation with a point, evidence, and a logical order. They should choose what to include, leave out clutter, and speak in a way that fits the audience and purpose. Listeners should be able to track the claim, reasons, and evidence without guessing.
Mastery looks like a focused presentation with a strong opening, organized points, useful transitions, specific evidence, and a clear close. Students often get stuck by reading slides, adding too much detail, skipping evidence, or arranging ideas in the order they found them instead of the order listeners need.
Ways to Teach It
- Give pairs a messy set of claim, evidence, and explanation cards, then have them arrange and present a two-minute argument.
- Ask students to write one sentence explaining how their presentation changes for parents, classmates, or a school board.
- Use a 3-box exit slip: main claim, strongest evidence, and one transition they will say aloud.
- Have students study a local news clip and map how the speaker introduces a problem, supports it, and closes.
Before This Standard
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What This Unlocks
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